Name: Arthur Shale, AKA Big Martin
Occupation: Formerly a librarian before moving into full-time supervillainy
History:As a civilian, Arthur Shale was known for being an honest, hardworking man, dedicated to his job in spite of it being a dead end as a career. He drank coffee, paid his taxes, and grew older day by day. A nobody, set to be forgotten by history.
Only one day, that nobody made a decision. All his life he'd been hiding a devastating power, but had been hiding it for fear of the hatred it might bring down upon him. Now, however, he came to a realization: was it not better to be despised than to be ignored? To go out with a bang rather than rot in some innocuous mound? He had been held back for too long, living a life of dull monotony, and all he wished for was to unleash his true strength, along with all the mischief and madness that had been building up inside him throughout the years.
Thus was born the supervillain known as Big Martin. His exploits were almost too many to be catalogued, but here are some of the highlights (and yes, he did actually do all of this shit):
- Stole an entire city's supply of seafood in a single heist!
- Snuck into a zoo and busted out all their most dangerous predators.
- Invaded an airport, hijacked a plane, and proceeded to fight three other supervillains on his own while still aboard said plane.
- Had another supervillain declare him her rival- and proceeded to kick her ass every time she tried to fight him.
- Robbed a jewlery store (every supervillain worth his salt has to do this at least once).
- Joined the most feared gang in his home city, proceeded to engineer a coup to take out the leader of said gang, which was a roaring success.
- Attacked the mayor in broad daylight.
- Hijacked a helicopter, then proceeded to crash said helicopter into a giant mecha, destroying both machines while he jumped away at the last second and made it safely to the ground!
- Raided the city college's bookstore and spread stolen textbooks all over the campus.
- Was filmed on live television leading the change against an invading zombie army.
- Took over an ice cream factory for the express purpose of getting free ice cream.
- Fought against robots, magicians, superheroes, supervillains, mercenaries, militias, secret organizations of both the government-run and rogue variety, parasitic fungus zombies, and a giant flying killer whale armed with cannons that fired black holes!
Suffice to say, he's lead an illustrious career so far. Yet what mysterious purpose could have led him here...?
Power: Cat SwarmBig Martin's power is unique even among fellow superpowered humans. He alone was gifted with the almighty power to create cats.
Specifically, BM can absorb gaseous matter and convert it into living feline creatures. He can do this steadily, shooting out cats at a rate of five average-sized housecats per second, or charge himself up, gathering air and storing it as a hidden well of energy before unleashing massive waves of cats or even packs of lions, tigers, and other large felines.
Not only can he create cats, he can manipulate them as well. He can reach out telepathically to form a hive-mind network with all feline creatures within a few miles around him, commanding them with his thoughts and using their combined brainpower to coordinate on a massive scale. In theory, there is no limit to the maximum number of cats he can control.
Cats under his control operate semi-independently: he can give them specific orders, or give them a general one and leave it up to them as to how they carry it out. His power also somewhat boosts their intelligence, allowing cats under his command to make tactical decisions, work together, and even mimic speech on occasion. Last but not least, everything a cat in the swarm senses is shared throughout the hive-mind, allowing Big Martin and his minions to keep track of events from all over the battlefield at once.